Sunday, August 3, 2014

RSN: Frackers Spill Olympic Pool's Worth of Hydrochloric Acid in Oklahoma, Wiping Another Country Off the Map: Israel Does It to Palestine




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Impeach Obama, We Dare You
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Gabriel Arana, Salon
Arana writes: "Any short-term political consequences are far outweighed by the long-term support such a move will garner among Latino voters. But more important, it's the only sensible policy alternative short of congressional action."
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Paul Krugman | Knowledge Isn't Power
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "It usually turns out that there is much less professional controversy about an issue than the cacophony in the news media might have led you to expect."
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Juan Cole | Wiping Another Country Off the Map: Israel Does It to Palestine
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "After the last three weeks it is clear, in any case, who is in the business of actually wiping other countries off the map."
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Dan Froomkin | It's About the Lying
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
Froomkin writes: "Given everything else that's been going on lately, the single biggest - and arguably most constructive - thing to focus on is how outrageously CIA Director John Brennan lied to everyone about it."
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The Hidden Cost of Corporate Consuming
Peter Van Buren, Reuters
Van Buren reports: "The math: even full-time work at $7.25 an hour only adds up to $290 a week. How do you live on that? You don't."
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Frackers Spill Olympic Pool's Worth of Hydrochloric Acid in Oklahoma
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Phillips reports: "An acid spill on Monday in rural Kingfisher County northwest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma could turn out to be the largest spill 'in relation to fracking materials' in the state."
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Seeking a Saner Food System, Three Times a Day
Barbara J. King, National Public Radio
King writes: "The single saddest statistic I have read in the realm of animal welfare comes from Farmageddon: the amount of meat discarded globally each year is equivalent to 11.6 billion chickens or 270 million pigs or 59 million cattle."
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